Truth in Poetry Sets Me Free

Upon my junior year, then was my life first moved by words which taught there's more to hear within than I had ever known. So clear had they become that I could feel the strife of authors who had penn'd on troubles rife throughout the world. I wanted others' ears to know this truth and so-- despite my fear of weakness or of shame-- began to cry my sonnet on the stage (whose title lies "I think I should have loved you presently"). I won the judges' hearts when they realized how beautiful that timeless truth could be. From Poetry Out Loud to writing rhymes, I free my mind through pen and honesty.